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. >> there is a difference between short-term deficits and long-term deficits. the short-term deficits were largely inherited by barack obama and we need to recognize that some level are understandable and and to make it very clear to try to get the economy growing and to try to bring unemployment down. and then he pivoted this structural deficit and that is what threatens that. >> it is not the debt that's on the balance sheet, but it's what off the balance sheet and he talked about three things. he talked about freezing a portion of discretionary spending, less than 20% of the federal budget for three years, you know, three years are better than one and especially since spending has increased 20% or more over the last two years. >> there are lots of holes in that and they have to put a truck through it and it does provide some constraints that would be there. and thirdly he came out for a fiscal commission and this includes other spending restraints and tax reform that will terminate or revenues and i think it's important that we do it this year and to act bef
. >> there is a difference between short-term deficits and long-term deficits. the short-term deficits were largely inherited by barack obama and we need to recognize that some level are understandable and and to make it very clear to try to get the economy growing and to try to bring unemployment down. and then he pivoted this structural deficit and that is what threatens that. >> it is not the debt that's on the balance sheet, but it's what off the balance sheet and he talked...
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we maintain deficit reduction in , but for right now, what we need now is a little more that. that is one of the most important parameters. >> one of your most important priorities is -- >> replacement of the sequester. cuts across the board. the sequester was a tool that was put in lace -- it was a threat. -- put in place. it was a threat. we are in a situation where both republicans and democrats -- no way tobelieve is government, deep across-the- board cuts. those cuts do things like, 56,000 children were cut off of head start last year because of the sequester. on the military side, our in our troops dropped to some of the lowest levels we have seen during the summer and early fall period. is what happens when you do these across-the-board cuts. >> hal -- are you optimistic about a budget deal? >> i am. i worked with people who are optimistic. that is a phrase that has sometimes been used to describe bill gates. i am optimistic. i am optimistic that we can get there. i am cautiously optimistic because having been in the washington, d.c. for six months now, i have seen thin
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more deficit reduction. so the deficit will go down more by passing this than if we did nothing. that's point number one. point number two, there are no tax increases here. point number three, we're finally starting to deal with autopilot spending. that mandatory spending that has not been addressed by congress for years. this isn't easy. this is the first divided budget agreement since 1986. the reason we haven't done one is because it's not easy to do. so we know we're not going to get everything we want and she's not going to get everything she wants. [ inaudible question ] i think conservatives should vote for it. i expect we will have a healthy vote. i think we will pass this through the house. we're going to go first given our schedules. we will post this on our website this evening and we intend to bring it to the house floor later on this week. i have every reason to expect great support from our caucus because we are keeping our principles. the key here is nobody had to sacrifice their core principles. our principles are don't raise taxes, reduce the deficit. we also hav
more deficit reduction. so the deficit will go down more by passing this than if we did nothing. that's point number one. point number two, there are no tax increases here. point number three, we're finally starting to deal with autopilot spending. that mandatory spending that has not been addressed by congress for years. this isn't easy. this is the first divided budget agreement since 1986. the reason we haven't done one is because it's not easy to do. so we know we're not going to get...
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much more important than the fiscal deficit, the yearly fiscal deficit in this country which he points out is actually shrchging in his administration john. >> point out, this issue about the young people are disappointed with president and congress. >> part of the obama coalition that got him elected twice is young people, so-called millennials. folks at harvard has a unit that polled these folks. 18 to 25, bad news for the president, festival his approval rating down to 41%. that is a reflection of the population at large but down 11% since just this spring. and john earlier the president did some work to shore up the forecast, the so-called -- shore up the rveght affordable care a% of millennials disapprove of the affordable care act. have no plans to sign up. that's disappointing news. >> the numbers behind inequality could be surprising for many. jonathan betz has a closer look at what the president says is an economic inequality gap. >> simply put the poor are getting poorer and the rich are getting richer. first off, what does this mean? the median income for an american househo
much more important than the fiscal deficit, the yearly fiscal deficit in this country which he points out is actually shrchging in his administration john. >> point out, this issue about the young people are disappointed with president and congress. >> part of the obama coalition that got him elected twice is young people, so-called millennials. folks at harvard has a unit that polled these folks. 18 to 25, bad news for the president, festival his approval rating down to 41%. that...
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fiscal deficit. [ applause ] >> so that's step one towards restoring mobility. making sure our economy is growing faster. step two is making sure we empower more americans with the skills and education they need to compete in a highly competitive global economy. we know that education is the most important predictor of income today. so we launched a race to the top in our schools. we're supporting states that have raised standards for teaching and learning, we're pushing for redesigned high schools that graduate kids with in demand high-tech skills. we know it's harder to find a job today without some higher education, so we have helped more students go to college with grants and loans that go father than before. we have made it more practical to repay those loans. we're also pursuing an aggressive strategy to promote innovation that reigns in tuition costs. we have got to lower costs so that young people are not burdened by enormous debt when they make the right decision to get higher education. and next week michelle and i will bring together college president
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i'm getting more deficit reduction. so the deficit will go down more by passing this than if we did nothing. that's point you number one. point number two, there are no tax increases here. point number try, we're finally starting to deal with auto pilot spending, that mandatory spending that has not been addressed by congress for years. look, this isn't easy. >> so congressman, democrats are giving up some stuff in this. is paul ryan wrong that what are you getting is not enough to push you over the edge with this bill? >> we are a little disadvantaged, we haven't seen the full details. but as i understand it, spending will be up higher. but this isn't an unprecedented deal. this happened in december 2011 and it happened last december as well. every time there's some bipartisan agreement, there's more spending in washington. they did the same thing each december, and i think at the end of the day as was indicated by senator rubio, this doesn't get to the heart of the problem which is spending. moving it a few dollars is
i'm getting more deficit reduction. so the deficit will go down more by passing this than if we did nothing. that's point you number one. point number two, there are no tax increases here. point number try, we're finally starting to deal with auto pilot spending, that mandatory spending that has not been addressed by congress for years. look, this isn't easy. >> so congressman, democrats are giving up some stuff in this. is paul ryan wrong that what are you getting is not enough to push...
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way, maybe this thing with take off area >> i think there has been a huge miss focus .n the budget deficit it is really a long-term problem. the key thing you want to do right now is get the economy back on its feet and coming along. you are actually slowing that recovery down. i think it is just misguided policy. we do not expect that to last forever. we are also saying state and local government coming back a little bit more. that may offset the track we're going to get. >> you just mentioned that modesty oh moderate phrase. as you mentioned, the last four days books contain that wording. should we read anything into that? what does it say about the growth expectations going forward? >> we have seen the fed consistently lower their projections. they have been more realistic. anticipating that growth will pick up, the key issue for the fed, and particularly with a new fed chair coming in, janet yellen is going to be preoccupied in this guiding -- and deciding when to taper and how rapidly to taper. more important like, how to communicate detentions to the markets. landly, the asset purcha
way, maybe this thing with take off area >> i think there has been a huge miss focus .n the budget deficit it is really a long-term problem. the key thing you want to do right now is get the economy back on its feet and coming along. you are actually slowing that recovery down. i think it is just misguided policy. we do not expect that to last forever. we are also saying state and local government coming back a little bit more. that may offset the track we're going to get. >> you...
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host: yet the deficit is a problem. k stone.this from mar guest: i think tax expenditures is a big problem. there are tax revenues that we should be taking in which we are not because we are subsidizing a significant amount of what some have termed corporate welfare. billions of dollars to the oil and gas industry, they are making record profits. the tax expenditures are costing the american people in ways that are problematic. host: what would you cut the besides defense? guest: revenues that we have lost that would otherwise should take in. other than defense, there is waste and inefficiencies in a wide range of domestic spending programs. i am willing to take a look at almost everything. i think the demonization of social security and medicaid are inappropriate. they are not responsible for the deficit problem we have right now. ronald reagan in a debate with walter mondo and clear social security has nothing to do with the deficit. it was true then and it is true now. att in plano, texas. caller: thank you for takin
host: yet the deficit is a problem. k stone.this from mar guest: i think tax expenditures is a big problem. there are tax revenues that we should be taking in which we are not because we are subsidizing a significant amount of what some have termed corporate welfare. billions of dollars to the oil and gas industry, they are making record profits. the tax expenditures are costing the american people in ways that are problematic. host: what would you cut the besides defense? guest: revenues that...
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. >> there is a fundamental difference between short-term deficits and an structural deficits. the short-term deficits largely were inherited by the rock obama -- barack obama and we need to understand its short-term deficits are understandable because we are in a recession and we have to undeclared wars and a number of bailouts and unemployment is very high. so he made it very clear that he wants to try to take the steps to try to get the economy going on in consistent basis and bring unemployment down. he is going to propose a number of tax cuts or tax preferences as well as spending increases to try to do that and that may exacerbate the short-term but then he pivoted which i think is important to talk about the structural deficit. and that is what threatens the state. it's not the ice that is above the water. it's the ice that is below the water. it's not the debt on the balance sheet, it is what is off the balance sheet that disrupts the future and he talked about three things, he talked about freezing a portion of discretionary spending, less than 20% of the federal budge
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but to end the deficit we need growth. economic growth. that's why we had surpluses at the end of the clinton administration, because we had growth. part of the reason the deficit is likely to come down the future to some degree is because the economy looks better over the longer term than we thought it was going to be. but you still have to make these tough political decisions. if the president had early on taken the bull sense proposal which is deficit reduction group that he had appointed and headed from the state of the union message okay they've given us this proposal. congress, go to work on it and get me a budget by july, six months from now. early in his career as president it might have changed the paradigm. >> one thing that was in the congressional in-box, you're going to tell us, may not be there any more. have they come to an agreement on the military appropriations. >> they have the national defense authorization has come an agreement. they announced they're going to fast track it to get it done before the house leaves at the
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the program is running a deficit. able toecurity is receive sufficient funding by cashing in the bonds it has in that is anund, but expense to the treasury which has to come up with the money to cover those bond payments into social security. the bottom line is it is part of the federal budget. we have not privatized the system. the money is accounted for separately. the government is not going to default on the money it owes to social security or to the medicare part a trust fund. host: bob is on our line for and dependents. -- for independents. caller: reducing some of the so sex expenses of means testing -- of the social security's of means testing. 50,000, and increasing the social security age by one year. thank you. guest: i think that sounds like a pretty good plan. i would vote for it. i think the long-term problems of social security have to be addressed by some combination of reduced benefits and that does not mean reduced absolute benefits, and new revenue. i think the combination you probably is where thin
the program is running a deficit. able toecurity is receive sufficient funding by cashing in the bonds it has in that is anund, but expense to the treasury which has to come up with the money to cover those bond payments into social security. the bottom line is it is part of the federal budget. we have not privatized the system. the money is accounted for separately. the government is not going to default on the money it owes to social security or to the medicare part a trust fund. host: bob is...
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i'm getting more deficit reduction. so the deficit will go down more than if we did nothing. point number two, there are no tax increases here. point number three, we're finally starting to deal with auto pilot spending, that mandatory spending that has not been addressed by congress for years. look, this isn't easy. this is the first divided government budget agreement since 1986. the reason we haven't done a budget agreement since '86 is because it's not easy to do. so we know we're not going to get everything we want and she's not going to get everything we want. >>> all right. so there you have it. a major, major deal, words you don't often here in washington, d.c. right now. compromise. and as you heard paul ryan say, a step in the right drink, although there will be plenty of conservatives who won't be happy with this deal. there will be some liberals who won't be happy with it as well. it's still got to pass the house of representatives, pass the senate, go to the president for his signature. if it passes, there will not be a government shutdown in january. we'll be ri
i'm getting more deficit reduction. so the deficit will go down more than if we did nothing. point number two, there are no tax increases here. point number three, we're finally starting to deal with auto pilot spending, that mandatory spending that has not been addressed by congress for years. look, this isn't easy. this is the first divided government budget agreement since 1986. the reason we haven't done a budget agreement since '86 is because it's not easy to do. so we know we're not going...
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. $23 billion is left over and that is what will go to deficit reduction as part of this deal. there is deficit reduction in the tax increase -- there is no reason why they would support it. the government, they want to come together and he did so here, to forge a bipartisan agreement and now it is up to the lawmakers to pass out. gerri: thank you for coming on with that. thank you for coming on. >> by the way, started there and not tomorrow. that was the official start of. [laughter] gerri: okay, thank you. a new study is out showing who pays what on average people got more than they put in. now we want to know what you think. here's her question tonight. log onto gerriwillis.com and vote on the right-hand side of the screen and i will share the result at the end of tonight's show. it is the holiday season. the last thing they want to do is think about taxes and tax planning. but you're going to want to hear about this. we are here to help you get ready with a users guide to taxes on your ultimate guide to year-end tax moves. today we are going to tell you moves you could make
. $23 billion is left over and that is what will go to deficit reduction as part of this deal. there is deficit reduction in the tax increase -- there is no reason why they would support it. the government, they want to come together and he did so here, to forge a bipartisan agreement and now it is up to the lawmakers to pass out. gerri: thank you for coming on with that. thank you for coming on. >> by the way, started there and not tomorrow. that was the official start of. [laughter]...
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and governor of ohio with the largest deficit in our history now balanced with a surplus, we want to get them to focus on doing their job. we all have to get behind this, republican governors, democratic governors. we have $17 trillion debt. it is sucking a lot of the life out of our country. we have the chinese using american dollars that they take from us to recycle in places around the world with the influence they have. we've got to balance the budget. it will restrain them. it will lead to greater economic growth. it is time to get back on this again. i think it is one of the most important issues the country faces. it will be interesting to see if democrats and if liberals recognize the fact at some point they have to be responsible in that town and meet the challenge of these deficits. >> you have been fighting it your entire public life. that is exciting. let me ask you. i have been struck since i'm in here by how many people are concerned that the republican party will repeat the same mistake in washington, d.c. that they made over the last several months. you know, the gove
and governor of ohio with the largest deficit in our history now balanced with a surplus, we want to get them to focus on doing their job. we all have to get behind this, republican governors, democratic governors. we have $17 trillion debt. it is sucking a lot of the life out of our country. we have the chinese using american dollars that they take from us to recycle in places around the world with the influence they have. we've got to balance the budget. it will restrain them. it will lead to...
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we have budget deficits that have improved but they have not disappeared and we have deficits in education and innovation and infrastructure that continue to widen. we know we need comprehensive tax reform, comprehensive immigration reform. there is a lot more for congress to do. so this deal doesn't solve all of our problems but i think it is an important step in helping to heal some of the wounds here in congress, to rebuild some trust and show that we can do something without a crisis right around the corner. and dom on straight the value in making our government work for the people we represent. so when all of this is done, i am very proud to stand with chairman ryan or anyone else who wants to work on this bipartisan foundation to continue addressing our nation's challenges. nothing is easy here but i know the american people expect nothing less. i want to take a minute to especially change chairman ryan. he and i do have some major differences. we cheer for a different football team. clearly. we catch different fish. we have some differences on policies. but we agree that our country
we have budget deficits that have improved but they have not disappeared and we have deficits in education and innovation and infrastructure that continue to widen. we know we need comprehensive tax reform, comprehensive immigration reform. there is a lot more for congress to do. so this deal doesn't solve all of our problems but i think it is an important step in helping to heal some of the wounds here in congress, to rebuild some trust and show that we can do something without a crisis right...
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and these deficits have to be paid to pay these deficits with cuts in the public spending were necessary. expenses hits were social expenses unfortunately. in doing that we cut spending including social spending and that obviously had a negative effect on health education and social housing report obviously. this took place at a time when that sure was in power in the u.k. and reagan in the u.s. . it was really the law of the markets. and so the economists of the i.m.f. the world bank and in a lot of other countries even bilateral cooperation said allow real prices to rule and all problems will be solved. i think that by doing that we did a lot of harm mainly because we didn't know ways to understand the economic policy of these countries. once the structural adjustments were imposed by creditors namely the world bank and i.m.f. it was like hell on earth here. at the hospital everything had become. consultations you have to pay to see the doctor to get more syringe is more. i mean it was hell people often died from curable diseases. and people in poor health who have no access to health
and these deficits have to be paid to pay these deficits with cuts in the public spending were necessary. expenses hits were social expenses unfortunately. in doing that we cut spending including social spending and that obviously had a negative effect on health education and social housing report obviously. this took place at a time when that sure was in power in the u.k. and reagan in the u.s. . it was really the law of the markets. and so the economists of the i.m.f. the world bank and in a...
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i'm getting more deficit reduction. so the deficit will go down more by passing this than if we did nothing. that's point number one. point number two, there are no tax increases here. point number three, we're finally starting to deal with auto pilot spending. that mandatory spending that has not been addressed by congress for years. this isn't easy. this is the first divided government budget agreement since 1986. the reason why we haven't done a budget agreement when both houses were controlled by other parties since 1986 is because it's not easy to do. we're not going to get everything that we want and she's not going to get everything that she wants. >> what if they reject it. >> i think we'll pass there though the house. we'll go first given our schedules. we'll post this on our website this evening and we intend to bring it to the house floor later this week. i have every reason to expect great support from our caucus. we're keeping our key principles. no one here had to sacrifice their core principles. our princ
i'm getting more deficit reduction. so the deficit will go down more by passing this than if we did nothing. that's point number one. point number two, there are no tax increases here. point number three, we're finally starting to deal with auto pilot spending. that mandatory spending that has not been addressed by congress for years. this isn't easy. this is the first divided government budget agreement since 1986. the reason why we haven't done a budget agreement when both houses were...
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can be trusted given the trust deficit the polling suggests. can he be believed? should the people believe him? >> first of all, let's start with health care. we are obviously in a period of transition. i think you will see a lot of bumps in the road as we move forward here. >> big bumps. >> the law will work. it's already started to increase. >> very low. there was only one direction the to go. >> a lot of them are 18 to 29. you were probably a straight a student and planned ahead before things were due. >> you keep that rolling. >> a lot of folks will get ready right before the deadline. that happened in massachusetts. >> get back to what i said. >> on the trust issue. you know, look. this isn't the first time the president is running on a big serious issue, on the auto bailout. people weren't happy about it. it was unpopular. on the bp oil spill. people called it obama's katrina. >> they think he lied. that's different from didn't handle it well, could have been better. >> same thing people said about bp. >> people think he lied about their health care. what's
can be trusted given the trust deficit the polling suggests. can he be believed? should the people believe him? >> first of all, let's start with health care. we are obviously in a period of transition. i think you will see a lot of bumps in the road as we move forward here. >> big bumps. >> the law will work. it's already started to increase. >> very low. there was only one direction the to go. >> a lot of them are 18 to 29. you were probably a straight a student...
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the deficit cannot be cured by these big spending programs like health care, etc. and in my opinion, it sounds a lot like -- [inaudible] >> guest: i didn't get that, but -- >> host: all right, let us take a question from twitter. please explain why federal government has co-mingled social security and medicare with general budget funded by different systems. >> guest: well, social security is funded by a payroll tax, and part of ped care is funded by the payroll tax. the money is accounted for separately, but it is all part of the federal government. social security is, after all, a federal government program. the tax is a federal tax, and the benefits come out of the treasury. so, you know, it is important to account for it separately since we have a dedicated payroll tax for that purpose. but it is, you're, ideally -- you know, ideally we should be balancing the -- balance the budget at the moment, but ideally it would be good if we could say social security was completely off budget. and technically speaking, it is off budget. but as i said, it's money that come
the deficit cannot be cured by these big spending programs like health care, etc. and in my opinion, it sounds a lot like -- [inaudible] >> guest: i didn't get that, but -- >> host: all right, let us take a question from twitter. please explain why federal government has co-mingled social security and medicare with general budget funded by different systems. >> guest: well, social security is funded by a payroll tax, and part of ped care is funded by the payroll tax. the money...
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now get into warfare if you have a tea party challenger accusing the senator of having fostered giant deficits through the role in the appropriations committee. that becomes a really ugly conversation within the party. >> let me also share with you one of the latest as in louisiana. health care and the use of a familiar scene in louisiana, the theme of the said, let's watch the -- let's watch. >> there is a danger. many have warned that is coming. now they are in a hunt and headed for you. >> at least 80,000 people statewide would not be able to keep their current insurance because of the guttural health care overhaul. >> louisianians are struggling because of obamacare. she recently told reporters, "i am not concerned for anything." she cast the deciding vote for obama care in the first place. it is the brave new world of government incompetence that we will live in. guest: the last line for that is interesting because that is new. the brave new world of government incompetence. that is something the launch of the obamacare website has over republicans. up to it is no longer it is better for
now get into warfare if you have a tea party challenger accusing the senator of having fostered giant deficits through the role in the appropriations committee. that becomes a really ugly conversation within the party. >> let me also share with you one of the latest as in louisiana. health care and the use of a familiar scene in louisiana, the theme of the said, let's watch the -- let's watch. >> there is a danger. many have warned that is coming. now they are in a hunt and headed...
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>> food stamps are not expected to be contribung to our long-term death of deficit. neil: the amount of money that we are committing, and the top that we are talking about, you're right about the improvement and things will snap ck into place when the economy and the recovery snaps back into place. but right now it is untenable. >> in terms of relaxing standards, some of this is -- for example, someone will have to qualify for work in order to get this. that seems like a good policy to me. >> i agree with that, but there's a lot of pride fraud in the program and that is indisputable. and the people on both sides have their own opinions. let me finish. you will from both sides want to help the poor out. everyone wants to help the poor out. help them, give them a job. the problem is there is abuse of the system that is being underreported and understated by the democrats who are basically saying that it's nonexistent. i totally disagree with that. >> the studies say thathe fraud rate is very low. >> it is misreported. >> it's not just for families. >> yes, it is. the f
>> food stamps are not expected to be contribung to our long-term death of deficit. neil: the amount of money that we are committing, and the top that we are talking about, you're right about the improvement and things will snap ck into place when the economy and the recovery snaps back into place. but right now it is untenable. >> in terms of relaxing standards, some of this is -- for example, someone will have to qualify for work in order to get this. that seems like a good policy...
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trade deficit as bloated. since nafta and wto we've lost over 5 million of our manufacturing jobs from a 40,000 factories gone, and real wages down across the economy. in fact, true honesty, our exports rose to countries we do not have fast-track trade agreements with, actually 38 percent higher than those with which we do. myth number three, every president since roosevelt has said tpa. morning, trick, acronym. tpa also is an acronym for trade promotion authority, a cynical renaming a fast track, but it is also the reciprocal tariff act is called trade promotion the tory. and that is a mechanism president roosevelt had that only pertained to tariffs. the estimate is true, from 1934 the reciprocal tariff act had tariff, proclamation a story, tpa. a totally different thing than what equals fast track. true. a handful of president since nixon have had fast track. for the politics, the question is will this house of representatives give president obama this extraordinary authority to push through the trans pacifi
trade deficit as bloated. since nafta and wto we've lost over 5 million of our manufacturing jobs from a 40,000 factories gone, and real wages down across the economy. in fact, true honesty, our exports rose to countries we do not have fast-track trade agreements with, actually 38 percent higher than those with which we do. myth number three, every president since roosevelt has said tpa. morning, trick, acronym. tpa also is an acronym for trade promotion authority, a cynical renaming a fast...
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was one who pulled it was two hundred deficit will for what it was when bush razi zero it went from zero zero under all the way up to one hundred zero under bill clinton yes and during that went from zero flowed way up to four hundred what did he go to under the bush on the obama administration all the way to one point three trillion and by year's sitting in a row that was that was there a limit on what is the hill your number five is going to be you still haven't addressed my bill williams. the republicans not only are doing it but bragging about doing it that they are trying to destroy this president so i don't recall democrats and probably way that's because you have selective memory is like you know what i haven't heard from chris yet so you know what that. i don't know how often your viewers or you actually listen to conservative talk radio or conservative t.v. but we have been very clear that we are opposed to his ideas and not him as an individual but that we oppose things like government takeover of one sixth of our economy we are opposed to a president you know saying i can
was one who pulled it was two hundred deficit will for what it was when bush razi zero it went from zero zero under all the way up to one hundred zero under bill clinton yes and during that went from zero flowed way up to four hundred what did he go to under the bush on the obama administration all the way to one point three trillion and by year's sitting in a row that was that was there a limit on what is the hill your number five is going to be you still haven't addressed my bill williams....
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"the washington post" says it would roll back some of the cuts and take action to reduce the deficits. overall it may not be the grand bargain some were hoping for. negotiators have been trying to find common ground since october as part of the grooemted thagre end the government shutdown. >>> so south africa. the nation and the world gather to remember nelson mandela. sunday was a national day of prayer in south africa with millions paying their respects to the former president. the preparations are now under way for a memorial service that will bring dozens of world leaders, including president obama, to south africa starting today. robin kurnow is outside mandela's home this morning. you've just spoken to one of his closest confidants. what did she say? >> we are hearing for the first time what is going on inside this house behind me. the home where nelson mandela died. we have been seeing a lot of people coming outside in the past few days laying flowers, paying their respects. we understand according to african tradition, nelson mandela's wife is sitting on a mattress in the livi
"the washington post" says it would roll back some of the cuts and take action to reduce the deficits. overall it may not be the grand bargain some were hoping for. negotiators have been trying to find common ground since october as part of the grooemted thagre end the government shutdown. >>> so south africa. the nation and the world gather to remember nelson mandela. sunday was a national day of prayer in south africa with millions paying their respects to the former...
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. >>> president obama declaring an end to the war on budget deficits and pledging to fight the deficit of opportunity for the poor and middle class. in a speech wednesday on his economic priorities, the president said the federal deficit is under control and doesn't present a serious threat to the economy. he focused on the gap between the rich and the poor and making the case for raising the minimum wage to more than $10. while extending unemployment benefits. >> we know that we're going to have greater and greater portion of our people in the service sector and we know that there are airport workers and fast food workers and nurse assistants and retail salespeople who work their tails off and are still living at or barely above poverty and that is why it's well past the time to raise a minimum wage that in real terms right now is below it was than when harry truman was in office. >> republican leaders quickly took issue with the president's poach. house speaker john boehner suggesting the president's policies created the very problems that he described. >> meanwhile republicans and d
. >>> president obama declaring an end to the war on budget deficits and pledging to fight the deficit of opportunity for the poor and middle class. in a speech wednesday on his economic priorities, the president said the federal deficit is under control and doesn't present a serious threat to the economy. he focused on the gap between the rich and the poor and making the case for raising the minimum wage to more than $10. while extending unemployment benefits. >> we know that...
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the mandatory spending programs, get a net deficit reduction package. if they can get that's a good deal. >> but they can't. of course you're right about the defense and buck mccann is right. if you look at the line, if you look at the base line, they're up 19% over the next bunch of years out the 2021 or something. 2014 they take another hit. i get that. however from that base it rises about 18 or 19%. that's pretty good. >> the other argument for getting the deal is that these discretionary cuts are written on paper. every congress can undo them. if you start changing the federal retirement program, it sticks. if you start changing aviation fees it sticks. if you change the mandatory programs like farm or spectrum rights they stick. you change the long term as well as the short term. it's worth trying to get a deal. not every deal is acceptable. the parties are very far apart on the big items. so if there's a small deal where you can get enough overlap and get each side to take some bad votes it's worth trying to get it done. >> let me go back to you
the mandatory spending programs, get a net deficit reduction package. if they can get that's a good deal. >> but they can't. of course you're right about the defense and buck mccann is right. if you look at the line, if you look at the base line, they're up 19% over the next bunch of years out the 2021 or something. 2014 they take another hit. i get that. however from that base it rises about 18 or 19%. that's pretty good. >> the other argument for getting the deal is that these...
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and these deficits have to be paid to pay these deficits cuts in the public spending when necessary the first expenses hits were social expenses unfortunately. in doing that we cut spending including social spending and that obviously had a negative effect on health education and social housing report obviously. this took place at a time when that chair was in power in the u.k. and reagan in the us. it was really the law of the markets. and so the economists of the i.m.f. the world bank and in a lot of other countries even bilateral cooperation said allow real prices to rule and all problems will be solved. i think that by doing that we did a lot of harm mainly because we didn't know ways to understand the economic policy of these countries. once the structural adjustments were imposed by creditors namely the world bank and i.m.f. it was like hell on earth here. at the hospital everything had become. consultations you have to pay to see the doctor to get more syringe is more alcohol. i mean it was hell people often died from curable diseases. and people in poor health who have no ac
and these deficits have to be paid to pay these deficits cuts in the public spending when necessary the first expenses hits were social expenses unfortunately. in doing that we cut spending including social spending and that obviously had a negative effect on health education and social housing report obviously. this took place at a time when that chair was in power in the u.k. and reagan in the us. it was really the law of the markets. and so the economists of the i.m.f. the world bank and in...
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none of them want a trade deficit. the country with the largest trade deficit on the planet is america. and this is going to ask american workers to compete with workers in brunei, with workers in vietnam. that just can't happen. and i think this is going to be a bad deal. and there are issues in that deal. what do we do about state-owned enterprises? we're going to compete against a country, company against a country? what are we going to do about currency manipulation? all of these things are in the competitive market. this is a bad deal being negotiated in secret. i'm glad you're exposing it. >> explain where president obama is on this. he has stated that he wants to get fast tracked before the end of the year. >> i don't think we can give them fast track. these kind of trade deals -- let's back up a bit. these are treaties between countries. and a treaty should come to congress. they tried to bypass congress by having so-called fast track. they cut congress right out of the deal. and i want my congress person wheth
none of them want a trade deficit. the country with the largest trade deficit on the planet is america. and this is going to ask american workers to compete with workers in brunei, with workers in vietnam. that just can't happen. and i think this is going to be a bad deal. and there are issues in that deal. what do we do about state-owned enterprises? we're going to compete against a country, company against a country? what are we going to do about currency manipulation? all of these things are...
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fiscal deficit. [ applause ] so that's step one towards restoring mobility. making sure our economy is growing faster. step two is making sure we empower more americans with the skills and education they need to compete in a highly competitive global economy. we know that education is the most important predictor of income today. so we launched a race to the top in our schools. we're supporting states that have raised standards for teaching and learning. we're pushing for redesigned high schools that graduate more kids with the technical training and apprenticeships and in-demand high-tech skills that can lead to a good job and a middle-class life. we know it's harder to find a job today without some higher education, so we've helped more students go to college with grants and loans that go farther than before. we've made it more practical to repay those loans and today more students are graduating from college than ever before. we're also pursuing an aggressive strategy to promote innovation that reins in tuition cost. we have a lower cost so young people ar
fiscal deficit. [ applause ] so that's step one towards restoring mobility. making sure our economy is growing faster. step two is making sure we empower more americans with the skills and education they need to compete in a highly competitive global economy. we know that education is the most important predictor of income today. so we launched a race to the top in our schools. we're supporting states that have raised standards for teaching and learning. we're pushing for redesigned high...
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there is a third group of symptoms which we call the negative symptoms, the cognitive deficits. those are problems with memory and problems of attention. sadly, we do not have good treatments for those latter two categories. we have treatments for hallucinations and delusions, medications at work quite well. but the other parts of this syndrome, the parts that are often even more disabling, we need to come up with much better treatments. that is part of why nih is so focused on developing both better diagnostics and better therapeutics for these kinds of illnesses. host: this tweet on the issue of mental health -- are there any other significant development being made in other countries? guest: it is a great question. recently, mental disorder research has become global. there is a lot of interest in global mental health, and that is not just from europe and australia. canada and increasingly in other parts of the world. the disorders we're talking about our global and not unique to the developed world. as a result, there have been some very interesting innovations in little-res
there is a third group of symptoms which we call the negative symptoms, the cognitive deficits. those are problems with memory and problems of attention. sadly, we do not have good treatments for those latter two categories. we have treatments for hallucinations and delusions, medications at work quite well. but the other parts of this syndrome, the parts that are often even more disabling, we need to come up with much better treatments. that is part of why nih is so focused on developing both...
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a lot of issues, a lot of actors go into what happens from a bilateral trade deficit from one quarter to another quarter. deficit me time, the with korea may have increased colombia and th panama also implemented around the same time have gone up dramatically. goes to the g differential growth rates in the various economies. we're can do is make sure reducing the barriers and the exports have a chance to compete field. vel playing >> get closer to home and talk about congress. here was a bit of a backlash that brewed last week about the trade negotiations. have you anticipated the fight ahead in getting everything approved. >> we've been talking to throughout these negotiations. the -- the formal process called trade promotion authority expired in 2007. that's a process every congress 1974 ery president since have worked on together. it's the process where congress what your xecutive negotiating objectives are, how to look with congress in the procedures and the under which congress will approve or disapprove a trade pac when it's done. the consultation procedures of 2007 trade promot
a lot of issues, a lot of actors go into what happens from a bilateral trade deficit from one quarter to another quarter. deficit me time, the with korea may have increased colombia and th panama also implemented around the same time have gone up dramatically. goes to the g differential growth rates in the various economies. we're can do is make sure reducing the barriers and the exports have a chance to compete field. vel playing >> get closer to home and talk about congress. here was a...
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you want to talk about the deficit. this will not go away. are people actually concerned about high deductibles? >> you certainly have a lot of republicans who will talk about it. there talking about the problems with healthcare.gov and they are also talking about the way the rubber meets the road. the prices that they are paying for premiums that are out there and the deductibles are going up as well. this is another talking point for them. they have criticized the health care law. we will have several members on capitol hill and this is one of the questions they will have to answer. rollout, theo the website is operating better. they will make this point over and over. >> lawmakers actually have a deadline of their own to sign up for the affordable care act. how is that going? >> there is actually a different website. technically, they are members of a small business. that is the congress of the united states. they are operating off of the d.c. exchange. the deadline is december 23. december 9 is the deadline for members of congress underst
you want to talk about the deficit. this will not go away. are people actually concerned about high deductibles? >> you certainly have a lot of republicans who will talk about it. there talking about the problems with healthcare.gov and they are also talking about the way the rubber meets the road. the prices that they are paying for premiums that are out there and the deductibles are going up as well. this is another talking point for them. they have criticized the health care law. we...
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trade deficit has exploded. since nafta and w.t.o., we have lost over five million of our manufacturing jobs, 40,000 factories gone and real wages down across the economy. in fact, true audit, our export growth to countries we do not have fast track trade agreements with is actually 38% higher than those with which we do have the fast track agreements. myth number three, every president since roosevelt has had t.p.a. warning, trick acronym. t.p.a. also is an acronym for trade promotion authority. the cynical renaming of fast track. reciprocal the trade authority act. and that is a mechanism president roosevelt had that only pertained to tariffs. yes, it is true from 1934, the reciprocal tariff act had tariff proclamation authority, t.p.a., totally different thing than the t.p.a. that equals fast track. truth, a handful of presidents since nixon has had fast track. and now for the politics. the question is, will this house of representatives give president obama this extraordinary authority to push through the tr
trade deficit has exploded. since nafta and w.t.o., we have lost over five million of our manufacturing jobs, 40,000 factories gone and real wages down across the economy. in fact, true audit, our export growth to countries we do not have fast track trade agreements with is actually 38% higher than those with which we do have the fast track agreements. myth number three, every president since roosevelt has had t.p.a. warning, trick acronym. t.p.a. also is an acronym for trade promotion...
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so if there is a regional deficit, the pain will be shared in terms of frankly rolling blackouts if it comes to that. we can hope for a cool summer in the summer of 2016 that's not necessarily a prudent approach. with that i would be happy to answer any questions. >> our next witness is mr. john morrissey and you are recognized for five minutes. >> good morning chairman, ranking member and members of the subcommittee for holding this hearing and the opportunity to testify. as i acknowledged there is a significant change occurring on the energy landscape. the operation in america has experienced only a modest incremental change over the last decades yet in recent years the development of new technology is bringing much more rapid change to the system that can't be disruptive. i think embracing these changes will allow a much more efficient utilization of energy resources. the challenge before us is to enable the system to be more efficient through the utilization of technology and foster the development of a diverse set of competitive energy resources while at the same time and sure
so if there is a regional deficit, the pain will be shared in terms of frankly rolling blackouts if it comes to that. we can hope for a cool summer in the summer of 2016 that's not necessarily a prudent approach. with that i would be happy to answer any questions. >> our next witness is mr. john morrissey and you are recognized for five minutes. >> good morning chairman, ranking member and members of the subcommittee for holding this hearing and the opportunity to testify. as i...
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seventy four percent down to twenty eight percent here but the thing is and exploded the deficit it's only happening in luxor is what they have been over twelve percent unemployment rate so we're talking about highly distressed areas wouldn't you like to see tax cuts go at least to those areas where people are hurting the most where unemployment is the highest tax cuts that have not worked so we've got a policy that for thirty two years we've tried over and over and over again every time we try it it makes things worse and you say oh yes let's do more of that in the places where people are hurting the worst seriously what you want you want poor people in the zone's to pay one point three billion dollars more in taxes over the next ten years you don't want to give these people some sort of really mean income taxes. people at our poverty lot of the united states are paying a portion of income taxes and i think that lowering their taxes if. i was doing was corporate shill corporate shill want to own one and then on top of that he has the i when i was talking about assaulting the mandator
seventy four percent down to twenty eight percent here but the thing is and exploded the deficit it's only happening in luxor is what they have been over twelve percent unemployment rate so we're talking about highly distressed areas wouldn't you like to see tax cuts go at least to those areas where people are hurting the most where unemployment is the highest tax cuts that have not worked so we've got a policy that for thirty two years we've tried over and over and over again every time we try...
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george was one who pulled it was two hundred a deficit with flora what it was when bush rocks zero it went from zero zero under all the way up to one hundred zero under bill clinton yes i can dream that went from zero followed way up to four hundred what did it go to under the bush and obama administration all the way to one point three trillion and by and they're sitting in a row that was that was there a limit on what is the hill your number five is going to be you still haven't addressed why billion dollars of the republicans not only are doing it but bragging about doing it that they are trying to destroy this president so i don't recall democrats and probably way that's because you have selective memory is like you know what i haven't heard from chris here so you know what that. i don't know how often your viewers or you actually listen to conservative talk radio or conservative t.v. but we have been very clear that we are opposed to his ideas and not him as an individual but that we oppose things like government takeover of one sixth of our economy we are opposed to a president
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electric and deficit spending can find, how are you going to get a balanced budget? we don't like the current economy, what i going to do to get us to grow at the rate we ought to? coming out of this deep of recession, we will be growing five or 6% a year. we should be pulling back into the middle class. we will be solving a lot of our problems by just the sheer dynamics of a recovery. we are getting none of that right now. don't just tell me which are getting. don't know what you're for. i've been to all too many campaigns in the last 15 years that have been negative, eddie, personality oriented and they think they don't show the country well and i don't think will solve our problems with that approach. i hope you will read "breakout" but if you agree with me that this was an important concept inhibiting the people who think in that line in future, think about prison guards of the pass, we could really begin a dialogue that is future past and is very powerful in terms of bringing many people together who wouldn't know my think they were on the same side and i would
electric and deficit spending can find, how are you going to get a balanced budget? we don't like the current economy, what i going to do to get us to grow at the rate we ought to? coming out of this deep of recession, we will be growing five or 6% a year. we should be pulling back into the middle class. we will be solving a lot of our problems by just the sheer dynamics of a recovery. we are getting none of that right now. don't just tell me which are getting. don't know what you're for. i've...
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revenues there were that ten to twenty percent benefit increase would pay for itself and reduce the deficit so ignore it. the so called moderate talking points the solution to our retirement crisis is clear we just need to take a listen to warren's proposal to expand social security and crank it up a few notches but not everyone wants to help seniors and rebuild the economy i'm joined now by but jack burkman g.o.p. strategist and host of behind the curtain jack one of the great pleasure to be with you so always so what's your what's the republican alternative to social security well there's a word for what you're describing with retirement age at age fifty five it's called france it's called italy it's called germany and these models are failing if anything the retirement age should be seventy five years which you surely has this once is arguably the strongest economy on earth average industrial wage in germany's fifty four dollars an hour i guess if you're white you think why are people with all of the wealth in this country why would anyone else has half the poverty rate we do get half th
revenues there were that ten to twenty percent benefit increase would pay for itself and reduce the deficit so ignore it. the so called moderate talking points the solution to our retirement crisis is clear we just need to take a listen to warren's proposal to expand social security and crank it up a few notches but not everyone wants to help seniors and rebuild the economy i'm joined now by but jack burkman g.o.p. strategist and host of behind the curtain jack one of the great pleasure to be...
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we have never had anything close to such a sustained job deficit after any recent downturn. it has been said in opposition to an extension that the federal emergency unemployment compensation program was adopted for extraordinary circumstances that are disappearing. no. no. these extraordinary circumstances continue, as indicated in the report issued just this morning by president obama's council of economic advisers. it highlights that the current long-term unemployment rate is at least twice as high as it was at the expiration of every previous extended ui benefit program. the extraordinary circumstances continue. the report also sets out the economic impact of a failure to act. it agrees with cbo and other economists. allowing the federal ui program to expire will cost our economy at least 200,000 jobs next year because of reduced consumer demand. for this congress to ignore the national economic impact would be shortsighted. to ignore the human, the individual human impact would be coldhearted. that is not the better nation -- the better nature of our nation. i trust of
we have never had anything close to such a sustained job deficit after any recent downturn. it has been said in opposition to an extension that the federal emergency unemployment compensation program was adopted for extraordinary circumstances that are disappearing. no. no. these extraordinary circumstances continue, as indicated in the report issued just this morning by president obama's council of economic advisers. it highlights that the current long-term unemployment rate is at least twice...
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designed to be so harmful and reckless that we in congress would find a better, smarter way to reduce our deficit. but because of sequestration, too many families and small businesses in new hampshire have felt firsthand the dramatic effects of us failing to do our job. with the potential budget agreement coming from senator murray and congressman ryan, we have an opportunity to reduce these impacts, to finally get to work replacing the harmful cuts from sequestration with a responsible plan that will grow our economy and create jobs. finally, it's my hope that a budget agreement also includes an extension of unemployment benefits for the millions of americans who lost their jobs through no fault of their own. now, in new hampshire, our unemployment rate is lower than the national average, and it has been consistently throughout this recession. but that doesn't help if you're in a household where the breadwinners are unemployed. that household has 100% unemployment rate. so despite the significant progress for our economy since the recession, the unemployment rate remains unacceptably high. and f
designed to be so harmful and reckless that we in congress would find a better, smarter way to reduce our deficit. but because of sequestration, too many families and small businesses in new hampshire have felt firsthand the dramatic effects of us failing to do our job. with the potential budget agreement coming from senator murray and congressman ryan, we have an opportunity to reduce these impacts, to finally get to work replacing the harmful cuts from sequestration with a responsible plan...
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not lifesaving but damaging, resulting in loss of sexual potency, loss of bladder continents, and the deficits of treatment are currently outweighing the benefits. so that test is no longer recommended. the numbers are pretty clear that the overdiagnosed of early breast cancer happens in many cases as well, and there are a number of things that are being thertaken to try to improve situation clinically. from the point of view the national cancer institute, the thing we are trying to solve is the question of how we can take these early abnormalities and tests to kinds of distinguish between those that are likely to evolve into life- threatening illnesses and those beniare simply the nine -- gn abnormalities that would not cause serious symptoms or life- threatening situations had they not been detected. we're talking with leading researchers about their areas of expertise at the nih. dr. harold varmus is the director of the national cancer institutes. al is joining us from cambridge, ohio. caller: good morning. it is a pleasure to be able to talk to a doctor out here after working for 40 years
not lifesaving but damaging, resulting in loss of sexual potency, loss of bladder continents, and the deficits of treatment are currently outweighing the benefits. so that test is no longer recommended. the numbers are pretty clear that the overdiagnosed of early breast cancer happens in many cases as well, and there are a number of things that are being thertaken to try to improve situation clinically. from the point of view the national cancer institute, the thing we are trying to solve is...